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lawrosa
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Mar 22, 2015

Charging with TV alternator... Mod with pics...

Finally finished my charging cable mod from TV alt/battery direct to camper batterys for dry camping... I did a small charge today and checked voltages only. My clamp on amp meter was not working.....
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lawrosa
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Mar 29, 2015
pianotuna wrote:
Hi,

Thanks for the data. It is quite amazing how fast the amps going into the battery bank drop off.

Fully charged for me is when there is less than one amp going into the bank.

You may want to improve the wiring on the house bank to be like the image below.



Yes I do have the house bank wired like that with all 6 gauge...

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